Ministry of Health, Dekemhare Hospital, Zoba Debub, Dekemhare, Eritrea.
Ministry of Health, Northern Red Sea Zone, Massawa Hospital, Massawa, Eritrea.
Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Jan 24;2023:1912187. doi: 10.1155/2023/1912187. eCollection 2023.
Proper antenatal care is one of great means of reducing maternal and child morbidity and mortality. However, determining level of knowledge and practice is vital, and the objective of this study was to evaluate this gap among pregnant women in Amatere Health Center, Massawa city, Eritrea, 2019.
A cross-sectional study with systematic sampling was conducted. All pregnant mothers who were resident of Massawa city and visiting Amatere Health Center for their current pregnancy were included in the study. An interviewer-administered structured questionnaire was used as data collection tool. Results were presented using descriptive statistics, percent, and frequencies.
A total of 289 pregnant mothers were enrolled in the study with a mean age of 27.7 years. Most mothers reported that high blood pressure (92.4%), maternal smoking (97.6%), alcohol consumption (97.2%), infection (92.7%), and medicines (98.3%) had affected fetal growth during pregnancy. Practically, two-thirds (59.4%) of the mothers were visiting the health facility during the first three months of their pregnancy. Majority of mothers had good knowledge (84.1%) and attitude (99%), but they had low level of practice (45%). Marital status, occupation, gravidity, and parity had showed statistically significant association to their comprehensive knowledge ( < 0.001). And their gravidity ( < 0.003) and parity ( < 0.001) had also showed statistically significant association to their level of practice.
Even though majority of the pregnant mothers had high level of knowledge and attitude, their practice towards ANC was relatively low. Age, marital status, and occupation showed statistically significant association to their comprehensive knowledge. Moreover, multiparous and multigravida mothers were having higher level of knowledge and practice on antenatal care. Enhancing community awareness on early starting of antenatal care and improving their practice through proper counseling are highly recommended.
适当的产前保健是降低母婴发病率和死亡率的重要手段之一。然而，确定知识和实践水平至关重要，本研究的目的是评估 2019 年在厄立特里亚马萨瓦市阿马泰雷保健中心的孕妇中存在的这一差距。
采用横断面研究和系统抽样方法。所有居住在马萨瓦市并因当前妊娠而前往阿马泰雷保健中心的孕妇均纳入研究。采用访谈者管理的结构化问卷作为数据收集工具。结果采用描述性统计、百分比和频率表示。
共有 289 名孕妇参与了这项研究，平均年龄为 27.7 岁。大多数母亲报告说，高血压（92.4%）、母亲吸烟（97.6%）、饮酒（97.2%）、感染（92.7%）和药物（98.3%）在怀孕期间影响了胎儿生长。实际上，三分之二（59.4%）的母亲在怀孕的头三个月内会去医疗机构就诊。大多数母亲的知识（84.1%）和态度（99%）良好，但实践水平较低（45%）。婚姻状况、职业、孕次和产次与她们的综合知识呈统计学显著相关（<0.001）。而且，她们的孕次（<0.003）和产次（<0.001）与实践水平也呈统计学显著相关。
尽管大多数孕妇的知识和态度水平较高，但她们对 ANC 的实践水平相对较低。年龄、婚姻状况和职业与她们的综合知识呈统计学显著相关。此外，多产妇和多产妇的母亲在产前保健方面具有更高的知识和实践水平。强烈建议提高社区对早期开始产前保健的认识，并通过适当的咨询来提高他们的实践水平。
